Иосия

A kind of digital archive for my thoughts on health, religion, and philosophy

[Иосия @bionoetic]

Terms like consciousness, soul, mind, intellect, sentience, personhood, etc. are often conflated in AI discussions.

In order to develop coherent ethics, policy, and regulation concerning AI, it’s imperative to understand that these are all interrelated yet distinct concepts

[Aran Nayebi @aran_nayebi]

Trying to locate the spark.

[Иосия @bionoetic]

@MetabolicTonic @scandi_peater @tellusers Thank you for this idea, hadn’t thought of it before. Just tried and it was amazing

[Иосия @bionoetic]

@mikeyshinesTV Rune knight / metalborn sounds so cool

[Иосия @bionoetic]

Discourse on the overuse of the word discourse

[Иосия @bionoetic]

A better visual for the Orthodox Church: multiple bodies, all of which are identical and fully functional, connected together with red thread. The fullness of the one Church is present in each “body” or locality, just as Christ is wholly present in each particle of the Eucharist.

[Ted ☦️🐒 @Tawadros15]

This is a very good reference fo understanding ecclesiastical organization. Protestant, Orthodox, Catholic going from left to right. Of course Catholics would argue only one of these is a real functional body.

[Иосия @bionoetic]

This is what the fine-tuning argument is missing, though I admit I’ve presented less of a formal argument and more of an intuition/reflection on the significance of consciousness and the transcendent quality of beauty.

[Иосия @bionoetic]

I think the fine-tuning argument, though not strong on its own, makes more sense when you look at it from the perspective of beauty & consciousness. The sheer vastness and complexity of the universe inspires awe and beauty, which requires a conscious observer

[Иосия @bionoetic]

The fact that the universe is structured in such a way as to nurture awareness of its own depths, giving rise to creatures that are capable of subjective experience, of contemplating the order and intricate beauty of the cosmos

[Иосия @bionoetic]

A single work of interesting, high-quality fiction is more life-promoting than the combined power of 100 middling “self-improvement” books

[Иосия @bionoetic]

@QuoteJung Because it’s hard to support Jungian psychology through peer-reviewed RCTs. Modern academia tends to pedestalize what can be measured, tested, and published.

The scientific method is useful and necessary, but poorly suited to investigate the ineffable depths of human experience

[Иосия @bionoetic]

Ray Peat on the Eastern Church and Aristotle. Mind and Tissue (1976).

[Иосия @bionoetic]

I think the unique and successful trajectory of Russian health research can be traced in part to its implicitly Orthodox anthropology.

The modern West, by contrast, adopted a primarily Cartesian, ghost-in-the-machine model of health.

[Иосия @bionoetic]

@skooookum Absolutely. There’s a J-curve with “number of books read” on the x-axis and “wisdom/insight” on the y-axis. Proper discernment of information is an underrated skill

[Иосия @bionoetic]

@dannyroddy It’s interesting that thyroid is derived from thyreos, the Ancient Greek word for shield. If a person is equipped with a robust metabolic shield, character armor isn’t necessary. Nominative determinism

[Иосия @bionoetic]

When a systemic/biochemical/hormonal issue is resolved (precipitating factor), downstream effects and maladaptations may persist (perpetuating factor). This is why it’s often a good idea to treat localized symptoms directly.

[Иосия @bionoetic]

For example, after 10 months of chronic neck pain and countless attempts to resolve it, simply training my neck with increasing resistance and range of motion cured it

[Иосия @bionoetic]

I experienced a pretty profound shift in my health once I started prioritizing simple solutions to complex problems

[Иосия @bionoetic]

@ChrisMasterjohn Great point. I think open-world, exploration-based video games (in healthy doses) can foster creativity and a sense of adventure